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To all wile/r1. i? may eoncwm lie it known that i. (mimics Cour, e ci it sen ol thelinited Slates. residing at Mo- Keesport, in the county of i' xllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventednertain new and useful Improiemnnts in To; of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheeled toys, of the automatically propelled type and consists in certain novel features which will be hereinafter first fully described and then more artioularly pointed out in the in pended claims.

In the annexed drawings:

Figure l is ii side elevation oi a toy ombodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical section;

Fig. fis a View partly in plan and partly in horizontal section;

Fig. 5 is a, front end elevation;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view ol' lhe Spring motor. I

My invention seeks to provide :2 lo) whirh may be produced :it a. low rust and which when operated will simulnte u moving and blowing whale. To that end i employ :1 body 1 which will preferably be oi sheet metal and sham-d to represent a whale and provided with minute periomtions in its top near its from. end in iniilntion of the blow holes of a. whale, The r021 r end oi the body is tin-bed upwardly and given lhe shape of ii tail with the forward blade thereof disposed somewhat obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body. as shown at 3, the tail thereby serrii'ig as n rudder so that When the toy is in motion it will be deflected from a straight line and unused to travel in a circular path. The body is supported upon it pair of traction wheels 4.

which are carried by an axle 5 extending through the body and journaled in thrsides of the same, as will be reinlily understood, the forward end of the body being equipped on its under side with n. small roller 3 so that the toy will be prevented from tipping for- Wardly and digging into the ground or floor and thereby being prevented from moving. Motion is imported to the axle through a spring motor and suitable gearing, which may be of any Well-known type but will preferably be arranged as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in order to obtain compactness and to economize in the eost of Snot-ificetion of Zettei's Patent.

Patented Pliny 1M, serial No. 203,794.

manufacture. The motor supported with in the hollow body 1 by :1 frame '2' secured to the inner wall of the body in any preferred manner. the axle 5 passing through the side bars of said frame and having so cured thereto between the bars .9. gear wheel 8, the said gear wheel meshing with it pinion 5? on a governor shaft 10 which is journaled in the frame 7 in rear of the axle and equipped with a Weight or other simple form oi governor .11 whereby even steady motion will be attained.

meshes with a gear wheel 13 on av countershaft 14 which also carries it pinion 15 meshing with the driving gear 16. The 'em' i6 is secured upon the motor shaft 17 wnich is journnled at one end in the frame '7 and at its other end is loosely fitted in the motor casing .lcl from the side of which a winding shaft 19 extends through the side of the body 1. and said winding shaft is provided at its outer extremity with :i key or handle 20, as will be readily understoml. Within the casing 18 is roiled u spring 21 having one end secured to the motor shaft 17 and its outer end secured to the rim oi the motor (using 18. A. series oi rnl'ehel. teeth 32 is provided upon ihe out/er end of the casing 18 and a pawl 33 is secured upon the frame 7 adjacent said ("using to engage the said ratchet tool it and thereby prevent retrograde movement oi lhe casing. Vl'hen the toy is to be operated, it is held in one hand with the lingers of said lnnid grasping the trantion wheels l. The lcey or handle Ll) is then rotated so as to turn (he casing or drum i8 in the direction indiruled by the arrows in Fig, 6, causing the rui'rhets 22 to ride over the pawl 23 and the coils of the spring "l l to be tightened. The pawl by'engsging lhr ratchets will prevent reverse rotation of the drum or casing and therefore when the toy is placed upon the floor or ground and the Wheels 4 released the sirin will at once expand and will exert a pull upon the motor shaft 17 which will Cause the same to rotate in the same direction as the casing was rotated in windingfthe spring. The gears it} will, of course, rotate with the mo- A pinion 1'2 is also secured upon the axle 5 and this pinion tor shaft and will import motion to the (JOllIliZQf-Sllilft 14 through the described genring and the said gearing will in turn cause the axle to rotate in the proper direnflon to propel the body forward.

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